kachibi
Member
- Joined
- Jan 15, 2012
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- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Hong Kong
- Current Location
- Hong Kong
"On purpose" in the dictionary means intentional, deliberate:
-"Someone set fire on purpose."
-"I knew she had not done it on purpose."
It seems that "on purpose" has somewhat a negative feeling (like having some bad intentions/attempts). I wonder if I can use it if I simply want to say I do something for some normal reasons/ purposes. Like I am already a graduate but I sometimes go back to the campus to find my friends, take photos around, read books in the main library, etc:
"I will not go back to the campus for no reasons. Every time I visited the campus ON PURPOSE.(for doing the set of things above)"
is it correct?
-"Someone set fire on purpose."
-"I knew she had not done it on purpose."
It seems that "on purpose" has somewhat a negative feeling (like having some bad intentions/attempts). I wonder if I can use it if I simply want to say I do something for some normal reasons/ purposes. Like I am already a graduate but I sometimes go back to the campus to find my friends, take photos around, read books in the main library, etc:
"I will not go back to the campus for no reasons. Every time I visited the campus ON PURPOSE.(for doing the set of things above)"
is it correct?